The Twelve Apostles Mission and Its Boundaries
A summary of Jesus choosing the twelve, their sending to preach to Israel, and the limits of their early mission. The lesson stresses prayer for workers, reliance on God for needs, and the consequence of rejection, with cross references to prophecies and later worldwide commission. It notes peace as the messenger’s core message and the responsibility of both sender and sent.
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D. M. Stearns
Simon
Peter
Andrew
Jesus
House of Israel
Israel
Christ
Jer. i
Ezek. ii
III
Jesus Christ
Sodom
Gomorrah
Reading Occupations From Flapjacks A Chicago Waiter Claims
A Chicago Inter-Ocean piece describes a Dearborn Street waiter who reads a diner's job by eating habits. He cites bankers ordering wheat cakes and palming bread, gamblers hiding slices, jewelers inspecting pies, and a milkman revealing himself after water is offered. The waiter labels this field dentistry and notes occasional misreads.
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Dearborn Street
Chicago Inter-Ocean
An old government die and a Sir Frank Lockwood tale
A Philadelphia mint exhibit story shows how scrupulous the government is with old dies used for coins. Another London News piece recounts Sir Frank Lockwood’s early theater days and a humorous telegram joke about a sixpence telegraph request.
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Apprentices’ Library
A. E. Outerbridge, Jr
Sam
Mr. Outerbridge
Washington
Nhumismatic
Philadelphia Mint
Philadelphia Record
Sir Frank Lockwood
Bath
Emerald Isle
Somerset
Frank
Sir Frank
Lockwood
London News
Making a Bigger Dictionary for Moving Pictures
The Chicago Record notes how electricity and transport terms expanded the vocabulary a century ago and lists dozens of new words for motion pictures such as vitascope kineto scope cinematograph biograph and related names, illustrating rapid language growth from technical inventions.
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Chicago Record
Pure outcast offers last kerchief to save woman
A dramatic scene from Pick Me Up features a homeless figure, powerless to aid a woman, who nonetheless shares his last kerchief to shield her from the cold. The narrator muses that in the final reckoning even a simple act will be weighed, as a drunken man’s generosity is recounted.
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Kercher
Bob Jimjams
Uncle Matthew Cotterell a Generous Benefactor to North Bend
The obituary notes Matthew Cotterell and his wife fostered orphans and supported the needy. Known as Uncle Matthew, he lived to do good and spent his means to aid others rather than risk disputes over his estate. His death marked a loss to North Bend, its citizens, and the state.
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Cotterell
Matthew Cotterell
North Bend
Omaha World-Herald
Christmas Boxes From Sailors to Parish Priests
An old custom linked Christmas boxes to ship safety prayers. Sailors placed money in boxes under priestly custody on long voyages, later opened at Christmas and called Christmas boxes. The practice encouraged the poor to beg box money from richer neighbors to bolster priestly perquisites.
Japanese Methods and the Ivory Carver’s Hidden Craft
An English dealer questions Oka about carving unseen underparts of ivories. He replies that God, who granted his skill, can see the unseen portion, so he cannot leave it plain. The exchange notes Japan’s tradition of meticulous, beauty driven handiwork.
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Oka
Japan
Early American car production years recount totals
The record notes 1890 as the peak with 103,000 cars built nationwide. In 1891 and 1822 nearly 96,000 cars were produced each year, while 1893 marked the low with 56,900 cars built.
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United States
First mention of Money in the Scriptures
The note recalls Abraham buying a sepulcher for 400 shekels of silver in Bible texts. This 1860 reference marks an early monetary price linked to a burial site in ancient scriptural history.
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Abraham
B. O
Mrs Firmly Demolishes Husband’s Camera Obsession
A neighbor recalls Mrs Firmly’s savage reaction to her husband’s failed photography experiments. She promises to destroy the camera, its lenses, and attachments after years of costly gear and endless shoots, threatening divorce if he replaces it. The Detroit Free Press reports the domestic outburst.
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Firmly
Saratoga
Detroit Free Press
Ancient Greek architects paid modest sums in fourth century BCE
In Delphi scholars found marble slabs detailing building wages of Greece in the fourth century before Christ. An architect earned about 150 dollars per year, far lower than Sir Christopher Wren who received 1000 dollars annually in later London. The text notes harsher fates for rival architects in the East and contrasts wages across eras and regions.
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Delphi
Greece
Christopher Wren
London
Far East
Miller's Thumb Fish as Natural Check on Trout
The millers thumb or fresh water sculpin is a natural check on trout and salmon production. It feeds on eggs and young fish and is found in all trout waters. In a U S Fish Commission aquarium experiment a four and a half inch fish ate many trout fry rapidly. The New York Sun notes the impact.
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Aquarium of the United States Fish Commission
Washington
New York Sun
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D. M
Wwe
Michigan
New York
James Devane
West Acton, Mass
Glenwood Ranges
Slate Root
Concord Junction, Mass
New Tremont
Tuttles
Jones & Wetherbee
South Acton, Mass
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